Jill's Open Road
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Jill Soloway Highlight (0:49)
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Interview (4:32)
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What Satisfies You (0:56)
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Forget About What Sells (1:19)
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Word of Advice (0:49)
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Oh, I'm A Writer (0:58)
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Getting Into The Industry (0:35)
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What Motivates Your Writing (1:33)
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INTERVIEWED BY:
Next Generation Roadtrip
JILL SOLOWAY
Writer/Producer
HBO's Six Feet Under
“You have to be passionate about something where you wake up in the middle of the night to think about what characters should be doing.”
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THEMES DISCUSSED:
Fulfillment Honesty Passion Values Confidence Doubt Hobbies & Pastimes
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BIOGRAPHY:
- When she went to college at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, she thought she wanted to go into advertising.
- Realized later that she wanted to go into television or movies; worked as a production assistant.
- She and her sister were obsessed with The Brady Bunch; she says for a time, that show was the only thing that interested her.
- The two decided to gather up their actor friends and reenact a ridiculous Brady Bunch episode.
- They didn't produce the play to make money, they just thought it would be funny, entertaining to them.
- The play gained a huge cult following; taught her to "forget about what sells and just do what makes you happy."
- A similar production about Courteney Cox (written solely because it was funny to her) landed Jill a job on Six Feet Under.
- Says you have to be honest about/go after what makes you happy, "even if it's something stupid."